Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
- 1. When did the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan take place?
A) 1967
B) 1979
C) 1985
D) 1991
- 2. Which country invaded Afghanistan in 1979?
A) United Kingdom
B) United States
C) China
D) Soviet Union
- 3. What was the name of the operation launched by the Soviet Union in Afghanistan?
A) Operation Desert Storm
B) Operation Red Dawn
C) Operation Storm-333
D) Operation Enduring Freedom
- 4. Which country was often referred to as the 'leading' Western provider of aid to the mujahideen?
A) France
B) Germany
C) United States
D) United Kingdom
- 5. Who was the President of the United States during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?
A) Jimmy Carter
B) Bill Clinton
C) George H. W. Bush
D) Ronald Reagan
- 6. What was the approximate duration of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan?
A) 9 years
B) 3 years
C) 15 years
D) 23 years
- 7. How did the United States provide aid to the mujahideen in Afghanistan?
A) Through covert operations and weapons supply
B) Through public protests
C) Through diplomatic negotiations
D) Through economic sanctions
- 8. Who famously referred to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan as the 'Vietnam of the Soviet Union'?
A) Ronald Reagan
B) Zbigniew Brzezinski
C) Henry Kissinger
D) George Kennan
- 9. What was the code name of the covert operation led by the CIA to support the mujahideen?
A) Operation Rolling Thunder
B) Operation Eagle Claw
C) Operation Urgent Fury
D) Operation Cyclone
- 10. Which Afghan leader sought assistance from the Soviet Union prior to the invasion?
A) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
B) Hafizullah Amin
C) Ahmad Shah Massoud
D) Abdul Rashid Dostum
- 11. What term is often used to describe the period following the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan?
A) Golden Age
B) Reconstruction Period
C) Stability Era
D) Civil War
- 12. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the invasion of Afghanistan?
A) Leonid Brezhnev
B) Vladimir Putin
C) Mikhail Gorbachev
D) Joseph Stalin
- 13. Who became the leader of the Soviet Union after Leonid Brezhnev's death?
A) Boris Yeltsin
B) Yuri Andropov
C) Nikita Khrushchev
D) Dmitry Medvedev
- 14. Which country was the first to officially recognize the Afghan mujahideen as a legitimate government?
A) Pakistan
B) United States
C) Iran
D) Saudi Arabia
- 15. Which Afghan resistance group was supported by the United States during the Soviet invasion?
A) Mujahideen
B) Al-Qaeda
C) Hizb-i Islami
D) Taliban
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